How do you paraphrase a passage? expressing, in your own words, the main ideas of the passage restating, in your own words, a section of text from the source borrowing the exact words from the source restating at least five facts in your own words

Paraphrasing a passage is of great help at the moment of writing an academic paper. In order to support an idea, it is necessary to use external reliable sources in between the text. Paraphrasing is expressing, in your own words, the main ideas in the passage. By doing this there is no plagiarism, the appropriation of someone else's work. The correct option is the first one.

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